During my studies in the States I had the chance to meet people from all over the world. My best friend was from Nigeria and I made friends from Colombia, Sweden, Spain, Singapore, Indonesia, Sudan and several other countries. I had a Swiss teacher called Mr. Bachli and he was such a fun person to be with. Apart from Mr. Bachli and Heidi, of course, I had the chance to get to know Sissi. Sissi is Swiss and she has a beautiful blog called With a Glass. You can find Swiss and international dishes in her blog. It is the first time I make a recipe of hers, but I can assure you it won’t be the last. Do visit her blog and check out her awesome recipes and photos.

When I saw these cookies I couldn’t resist for two reasons. First, they only needed 3 very common ingredients and second they were so easy and fast to make! Well, I lied I have another one serious reason; my husband! He is a huge fan of coconut. He simply loves the stuff.

So, that was it then, I decided to go ahead and make them.

My friends you cannot believe how easy and tasty these cookies are. Total time of preparation and baking is 25 minutes. Amazing ha?

Easy, cheap and delicious what more can I ask? I guess nothing else. Thanks Sissi for this easy and delicious recipe. For me who have to deal with the lack of time every single day, this is an oasis. By the way, I made two batches at the same day as the one just vanished in 5 minutes.

Coconut Cookies

Ingredients

2 egg whites, I used large sized eggs

7 tbsp caster sugar

12 well-hipped tbsp + 1 flat tbsp finely grated coconut

Instructions

Preheat oven to 175°C/345°F.

In a bowl throw the egg whites.

Throw the first 4 tbsp of sugar and coconut and mix with a spoon.

Then throw the rest of the sugar and another 4 tbsp of coconut and mix again.

Throw another 4 tbsp of coconut and mix.

At this moment a sticky, moist dough must have formed.

If you can work with it then do not throw the other tbsp. of the coconut.

If you see that it still needs another one then go ahead and put it in.

With gloves or wet hands form small balls, as small as an apricot, and place them on a parchment paper on a baking tray.

In some of them, I made a little hole with my finger and filled it with chocolate chips. You cannot blame a girl for her love for chocolate.

Bake for about 20 minutes, mine took couple of minutes less, and remove from the oven as soon as they have acquired a light golden color.

How lucky to have met such wonderful people from all over the world. My daughter spent several years as an ESL teacher in Chile, Peru and Japan. She still has friends from those experiences. I adore coconut, so these are on my treat list. Have a good weekend!

I’m waiting to make these cookies too! I love coconut and I cannot wait to try these. I’m planning to dip in the chocolate just like my favorite macaroons I enjoy once in a while… I’m a coconut lover and this is going to be fun and delicious! You totally inspired me to make these as soon as possible! Yours look perfectly baked. If you are in my neighbor I just go to your house instead of baking mine. 😉

Hey Katerina! How are you? Im visiting the blog world after ages… and delighted to see such a super simple yet yummy-looking recipe! Looks fabulous… must check out your friend Sissi’s blog soon
PS – There is this TV show I have got addicted to called The Vampire Diaries, and it has a very sexy, beautiful but wicked character called Katerina. Makes me think of you 😀

Dear Katerina, what an extraordinary surprise! Your cookies look gorgeous! Exactly as I love them: crunchy outside and chewy inside! And the chocolate chips idea is simply a work of genius. I am honoured, flattered and so proud to see my humble cookies on your blog! Thank you for so many kind words and compliments which all make me blush I am happy you and your husband liked these coconut sweet treats. It’s such a pleasure to share one’s favourite recipes with blogging friends. Thank you again for the link and all the wonderful words you have written about my blog.